It used to be that we had production and distribution strictly separated. Several administrations have been particularly cozy with the media industry, for obv

It used to be that we had production and distribution strictly separated. Several administrations have been particularly cozy with the media industry, for obvious reasons, and have basically given away the space to entrenched industry players and then removed most of the rules. The idea that youtube should even be a threat to their content highlights one of the problems with this arrangement.